Elder brother's garrison

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"Hmm? Why do I feel like I heard something?" Shiro, who was following behind Yubari, stopped and looked back curiously.

"What's that sound?" Yubari, who was walking ahead, turned around and looked at Shiro.

"Hmm...uh...it sounds like...it sounds like water?" Xiaobai scratched his head, looking at the scene in the workshop with a puzzled expression.

The workshop looked exactly the same as before, seemingly unaffected by the sound.

"The sound of water?" Yubari blinked. "Where would there be water in the workshop? Only in the bio-pod containing Missouri, right? Did she just fart?"

"Bullshit...bullshit??" Shiro blushed immediately upon hearing this and quickly turned to look at Yubari. "Isn't Missouri still asleep?"

"Hey, even if you're in a deep sleep, you'll still have physiological reactions, right?" Yubari laughed heartily.

Shiro felt embarrassed by Yubari's teasing words. She no longer cared about how the sound had come from, and quickly urged Yubari in a low, shy voice, "Okay, okay... well, let's not talk about this anymore, let's change the subject..."

"I never expected the Admiral to be so innocent~" Yubari hummed as she turned around.

Shiro and Yubari were standing at the workshop entrance. Just like when they came in, Yubari took out her key, inserted it into the keyhole of the workshop door, and then skillfully entered the password.

"Oh, right, Admiral. I need your help with something. After you leave, don't let the other ship girls know that I took you into the Missouri modification workshop." Yubari said to Shiro behind her while entering the password.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Shiro asked curiously, looking at Yubari's back.

“The ship girl modification workshop is a very private place, after all. The reason I brought you into Missouri's modification workshop this time is because you're my admiral and because of your close relationship with Missouri.” Yubari beeped as she entered the password and said, “Missouri shouldn't have any objections, but if other ship girls find out about this, it might affect my reputation…”

"Oh, oh! I understand, I'll keep it a secret!" Xiaobai nodded quickly and raised his hand.

"Thank you." Yubari didn't turn around, but just smiled gently.

As Shiro watched Yubari's retreating figure, he breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed completely.

"Um... Yubari."

"Ok?"

"Although I've said it before, I'd like to repeat it again before I leave." Shiro clenched her fists and spoke to Yubari, "Thank you so much for bringing me here..."

"call."

Suddenly, just as Xiaobai was halfway through her words of thanks, a gentle, warm breath blew from behind Xiaobai's ear to her neck, making Xiaobai, who was completely unprepared, shudder and widen her eyes.

"Ah!"

Xiao Bai pressed his neck and turned his head in surprise.

Just as Xiaobai turned her head, a figure, soaking wet and with disheveled hair, entered Xiaobai's field of vision.

"Whoa!"

The wet figure raised its hand, curled its ten snow-white fingers, and made a grasping motion towards Little White from a distance.

"Hiss—" Xiaobai gasped, instinctively taking several steps back, and with a thud, her butt bumped into Yubari, who was opening the door.

"Ouch!" Yubari exclaimed, pressed against the door by Shiro's bump, then slowly turned her head. "Admiral! What's wrong... why did you suddenly bump me... oh my god!!!"

Yubari turned around and saw the wet figures standing behind the two of them. In an instant, all the color drained from Yubari's face, and he was so frightened that he swore.

"A ghost!!!"

Yubari and Shiro hugged each other tightly, then slid down onto the smooth floor, staring wide-eyed at the figure in front of them.

"Pfft."

However, to Yubari and Shiro's surprise, when they saw that Yubari and Shiro were completely unprepared, the wet figure did not pounce on them. Instead, it stood still and let out a series of clear, giggling laughs.

"Huh? That laughter is..." Shiro, nestled in Yubari's arms, recognized something familiar in the laughter and blinked in confusion, looking at the figure in front of her. "Missouri...?"

"Huh? Missouri?" Yubari was stunned when he heard Shiro blurt out the words, and then looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

"I originally wanted to give the Admiral a surprise, and also scare Yubari-senpai... but I didn't expect the effect to be this good, it's a bit of a shock." A familiar voice came from under the thick hair. The wet figure raised a slender wrist and parted the hair in front of her face to the sides, and a familiar face appeared in front of Shiro and Yubari.

what.

It's...Missouri!

It's a living Missouri!

Yubari and Shiro stared wide-eyed.

“Missouri…is it really you?? This…” Yubari’s mouth was agape, and for a moment he was speechless.

"Yubari-senpai, it feels like three autumns have passed since we last met." Missouri smiled and put her hair up in a bun behind her back, smiling at Shiro and Yubari.

Little White watched Missouri's expression gradually change from astonishment to surprise, and finally to delight.

"Ah! Missouri!" Shiro jumped to her feet, released Yubari, and took three quick steps forward before throwing herself into Missouri's arms. "It really is you!"

"Admiral, it's been a long time. Missouri has missed you." Missouri bent her knees slightly and reached out to hug the little white dog that pounced on her.

"I miss you so much too—" Little White nestled in Missouri's arms, feeling a sense of security.

what.

The feeling of peace is the same as always.

It feels like coming home.

A delicate fragrance lingers in the air.

It's a familiar smell.

This is where Xiaobai spends the most time.

Shiro and Missouri were having a touching reunion after a long separation. But Yubari, sitting on the ground, stared blankly at Missouri, his expression growing increasingly grim.

"Missouri... Missouri, you... how did you wake up so soon?" Yubari asked Missouri blankly. "Didn't you say you had at least two weeks to get used to your ship equipment? You... you wouldn't... have your modification failed, would you?"

Upon hearing Yubari's words, Shiro, who was enjoying the warmth of Missouri's embrace, was also startled. She quickly looked up and looked at Missouri with a worried expression. Whether Missouri's transformation was successful or not was a big event for Shiro.

Missouri, who had been away for some time, reappeared in front of Xiaobai with no change in appearance or body shape (Xiaobai could confirm this). She did not look like she had undergone any transformative missile modification... or any minor modification at all.

Ah this...

His appearance remained unchanged... but the timing of his awakening was also off.

Could it be that the modification really failed?

Xiao Bai's heart jumped into his throat.

In theory, there is no such thing as failure in the modification of ship girls. However, if the person in charge of modifying the ship girls is not a professional and makes haphazard modifications to the ship girls' equipment, resulting in huge flaws in the modified equipment, then out of instinct, the ship girls will end the modification process prematurely in order to protect their lives, call back their original equipment, and treat the previous equipment modification as damage to the ship hull to repair it, returning to the original state.

Ship girls whose modification is completed in this way will never have the opportunity to be modified again in their lifetime.

Missouri...could she be like that too?

Facing the tense and worried gazes of Shiro and Yubari, Missouri pursed her lips slightly and shook her head at them.

“Admiral, Senior Yubari, Missouri’s modification has not failed.” Missouri stretched out her slender finger and pointed behind her. “If you don’t believe me, you can look behind Missouri.”

Following Missouri's directions, Shiro and Yubari looked behind her.

Behind Missouri was empty space, but further back was the center of the workshop, where a snow-white guided warship rig stood on a shelf, emitting a faint white glow.

The guided missile ship equipment did not revert to battleship equipment.

It seems that the transformation of Missouri was not a failure.

Shiro and Yubari breathed a sigh of relief, but soon became puzzled again.

“Missouri, since your ship equipment hasn’t changed back, why is it still there… Have you really adapted to the new ship equipment?” Yubari asked in confusion.

"That's because Missouri just woke up and hasn't had time to retrieve her ship equipment yet." Missouri smiled playfully at Shiro and Yubari. "After all, Missouri wants to give the Admiral a surprise more than the ship equipment."

"..." Shiro, Yubari.

"However... what Yubari-senpai said is also true. As a ship girl, Missouri should indeed check her status... Hmm, summoning the ship equipment outside the body back into the body... What a novel experience."

As Missouri spoke, he raised his hand and waved to the guided warship behind him in mid-air. The guided warship in the distance shone brightly and then disappeared in a streak of light. At the same time, a hazy white light emanated from Missouri's body, and wisps of water vapor emanated from his body. A huge, snow-white warship gradually materialized behind Missouri and adhered to the skin on his back.

Missouri was wearing a very sloppy white robe, which was probably one of the pajamas she had randomly picked out from her ship's equipment space after waking up.

But just as the guided warship was attached to Missouri's body, a hazy glow enveloped her. Her white robe turned into tiny particles and dissipated. A stylish new ship uniform slowly emerged on Missouri's naked body, and even her long hair, which was still damp, suddenly became dry and smooth, exuding a sun-like scent.

"Hmm, that's roughly the feeling." As the light faded, Missouri glanced at her clothes and smiled slightly at Shiro and Yubari.

"Admiral, Missouri is back."

Chapter 2111 is getting heated!

After the renovation, Missouri's clothing style was slightly different from before, but the overall style remained the same, giving people a sense of fashion and vitality, and not at all like someone who had just woken up from a slumber.

Shiro and Yubari stared longingly at Missouri, remaining silent for a long time.

Missouri remained in her pose, smiling as she watched the two of them.

"So...Missouri, have you really gotten over the adaptation period?" Finally, it was Yubari who broke the silence first. After observing the white-glowing guided warship behind Missouri for a while, Yubari slowly took a breath and asked Missouri cautiously.

“It seems so.” Missouri turned her gaze to Yubari’s face and smiled slightly at her. “Yubari-senpai, thank you so much for taking care of Missouri during this time.”

"Ah..." Yubari's mouth hung open for a long time, staring blankly at Missouri. After a while, she gasped and slowly murmured, "...Why...? You've only been here for a day..."

Yubari begins to question the meaning of life.

Less than a day has passed since the Missouri's shipboard modifications were completed and it began connecting with the main Missouri ship—meaning the Missouri entered its adaptation period.

Yubari stated that during her years at the Ship Equipment Research Center, she had indirectly or directly overseen the modification of at least four-figure numbers of ship girls. These ranged from small submarines and destroyers to medium-sized heavy cruisers and light carriers, and even large aircraft carriers and battleships. She had witnessed hundreds of modifications of all types of ships, and even ship girls from the world's top ten naval bases had their modifications registered with her to some extent. Yubari was undoubtedly experienced and knowledgeable, but a ship girl like Missouri, who overcame the adaptation period and accepted her modified ship equipment in just one day, was a completely unprecedented case, a unique occurrence in the world.

It's only been one day!

Not scientific!

How did you manage to do that so fast?!

This is clearly illogical, whether explained from the perspectives of biology, chemistry, quantum mechanics, or even mathematics!

Yubari slowly slid down and collapsed onto the ground with a thud.

Yubari's worldview is being severely impacted.

“Yubari? Yubari…” Xiaobai couldn’t help but reach out and push Yubari’s shoulder. Seeing that Yubari didn’t react, she was speechless. “…Oh no, Yubari seems to be the type who will think about a problem she can’t understand with all her might.”

Xiao Bai sighed.

Then Xiaobai turned his head thoughtfully and looked curiously at Missouri behind him.

"Actually, I'm quite curious too... Missouri, how exactly did you get through the adjustment period?"

Missouri?

“Yes.” Xiaobai nodded, then pointed at Yubari with a wry smile and explained to Missouri, “Although Missouri herself may not know, it’s actually only been less than a day since you received the new ship equipment and entered the adaptation period. Even I, a layman, feel that your recovery speed is too fast, let alone Yubari, who has been a ship equipment designer for so many years…”

“Ah…I see.” Missouri nodded in understanding. “It seems that Senior Yubari has some doubts about the timing of Missouri’s awakening.”

"So Missouri, how exactly did you wake up?" Xiaobai asked.

"Hmm... that's because Missouri sensed the Admiral's arrival in her dream, so she woke up to see him." Missouri chuckled at Shiro.

"Oh!" Xiaobai blushed instantly. "At a time like this, why are you still joking..."

"..."

"Okay, okay... let's get serious." Xiaobai coughed lightly twice, then said seriously to Missouri, "Missouri, you'd better think about it quickly, otherwise Yubari might not wake up for a while."

“Missouri really doesn’t know.” Missouri explained with a wry smile, “The feeling in the dream was hazy. Even Missouri couldn’t maintain her own consciousness in that state… Hmm… However, although Missouri doesn’t know what happened to her, Yubari-senpai should have been taking care of her, right? For example, those instruments behind her should have data on Missouri’s adaptation period…”

Before Missouri could finish speaking...

Sudden.

Yubari, who was sitting on the ground, shuddered and stood up abruptly.

"Ah! That's right! Data! There's more data!" Yubari shouted excitedly, then spread his arms, took a step, and dashed towards the workbench, disappearing from Shiro and Missouri's sight in the blink of an eye.

Xiaobai and Missouri exchanged a glance.

"So Yubari was listening to us," Shiro said.

“That’s the kind of person Yubari-senpai is,” Missouri smiled.

Xiaobai and Missouri got up and walked towards Yubari's desk in the workshop, but before Xiaobai could take a few steps, suddenly, another mournful scream from Yubari came from afar.

"Oh my god!!!"

Yubari's shouts this time were particularly heart-wrenching.

Xiaobai was taken aback, then quickly quickened his pace and headed towards Yubari.

When Xiaobai arrived at the workbench, he saw Yubari sitting in front of the computer chair, his hands supporting his chin, his mouth wide open, and his eyes wide as he stared at the computer screen. He looked like a screaming little man in an oil painting, as if his whole body was contorted.